| English Dictionary |
PROPORTIONAL COUNTER TUBE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
| IPA (US): |  |
Dictionary entry overview: What does proportional counter tube mean?
• PROPORTIONAL COUNTER TUBE (noun)
The noun PROPORTIONAL COUNTER TUBE has 1 sense:
1. counter tube whose output pulse is proportional to number of ions produced
Familiarity information: PROPORTIONAL COUNTER TUBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PROPORTIONAL COUNTER TUBE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Counter tube whose output pulse is proportional to number of ions produced
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
proportional counter; proportional counter tube
Hypernyms ("proportional counter tube" is a kind of...):
counter tube (a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "proportional counter tube"):
boron counter tube (a proportional counter tube for counting neutrons)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"It is more becoming to have a large nose than two small ones" (Breton proverb)
"Beware of he whose goodness you can't ask for for and whose evil you can't be protected from." (Arabic proverb)
"One bird in your hand is better than ten on the roof." (Danish proverb)